Heliamphora collina
A sun pitcher from the lower slopes of the Venezuelan tepuis, known from the foothills of the Los Testigos massif and the south-western slopes of Ptari-tepui at about 1700–1825 m. It grows on exposed sandstone rock faces and among shrubs, and its pitchers closely resemble those of H. folliculata. Grow it as a bright, constantly wet, cool-night Heliamphora that tolerates slightly warmer days than the summit species.
Where it grows wild
On Ptari-tepui a large population was found attached to an exposed sandstone wall at about 1800 m, growing with Utricularia alpina and Drosera roraimae, and further plants grew in small patches of vegetation on bare rock faces and around shrubs. Higher up, among Bonnetia shrubland on sandstone boulders, it forms a hybrid swarm with H. purpurascens. The type populations lie on the shared foothills of the four Los Testigos tepuis. It is a plant of wet, open rock and shrub edges rather than deep forest.
Recorded at 1700–1825 m; the Ptari-tepui rock-wall population sits at about 1800 m. This is lower than most summit Heliamphora, so days are somewhat warmer.
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